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• Sinn Fein
  Sinn Fein

  noun

  a political organization in Ireland, founded about 1905, advocating the complete political separation from Great Britain of a unified Ireland.
• Sinn Féin
  Sinn Féin

  noun

  an Irish republican political movement founded about 1905 and linked to the revolutionary Irish Republican Army: divided into a Provisional and an Official movement since a similar split in the IRA in late 1969

Sinn Fein

American  

[shin feyn] / ˈʃɪn ˈfeɪn /

noun

1. a political organization in Ireland, founded about 1905, advocating the complete political separation from Great Britain of a unified Ireland.

2. a member of this organization.

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Sinn Féin British  

/ ˈʃɪn ˈfeːn /

noun

1. an Irish republican political movement founded about 1905 and linked to the revolutionary Irish Republican Army: divided into a Provisional and an Official movement since a similar split in the IRA in late 1969

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Sinn Fein Cultural  

1. An Irish political party (in Gaelic it means “Ourselves Alone”) that has long combatted Great Britain's influence in Ireland and sought the unification of Northern Ireland with the Irish republic in the south; generally considered the political portion of the Irish Republican Army. One wing of it has engaged in terrorism.

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Other Word Forms

• Sinn Feiner
  noun
• Sinn Feinism
  noun
• Sinn Féiner
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• Sinn Féinism
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Sinn Fein

From Irish sinn f éin “we ourselves”

Example Sentences

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The DUP agreed to return to power-sharing with the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein earlier this year following a series of assurances about Northern Ireland’s constitutional position within the United Kingdom.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

In May 2022, Sinn Fein overtook the D.U.P. in legislative elections and became Northern Ireland’s biggest party.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

The attack was condemned across all political parties, including the main opposition Sinn Fein.

From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2023

Sinn Fein Councillor Ruairi McHugh, who is a friend of the victim's family, said it was "devastating news".

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2023

Acting on such knowledge as the police possess in every country, he had arrested the leading members of the Sinn Fein Club.

From Lady Bountiful by Birmingham, George A.

Sinn Féin assembly member Danny Baker said the "main thoroughfare was shut down by large groups of young people determined to cause chaos and destruction".

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Sinn Féin assembly member Philip McGuigan said speculation about what had happened was not helpful.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Sinn Féin MLA Órlaithí Flynn said she was "shocked and saddened to hear of the death of an individual in Dunmurry."

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

She also directly responded to the criticism levelled at her from Sinn Féin & Alliance MPs.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

The hopelessness of the enterprise proved its ultimate strength, for desperate courage has a peculiar influence upon the pacific civilian, to which category the vast majority of the Sinn Féin public belonged.

From The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin by Boyd, Ernest Augustus